Elite Sponsors - LeadingAge Virginia

Elite Sponsors

LeadingAge Virginia sincerely thanks our Elite Partners for their unwavering support of our association’s programs and for their continued dedication to assisting our provider members.

Preferred Elite Sponsors

Melissa Andrews | President & CEO | Submit Inquiry Form
LeadingAge Virginia Services & Solutions is focused on delivering procurement and supply chain solutions tailored to the needs of aging-services organizations across Virginia. Its purpose is to leverage collective volume and industry expertise to help members reduce costs, simplify purchasing, improve efficiency, and maintain high quality in their operations.

Derek Machado | Owner & CEO | derek@wearefive19.com
FIVE19 Creative is a marketing/design firm offering strategic creative services including identity development, web design, branded campaign development, broadcast and long form video, direct mail, radio spot development, social media branding, and media strategy.

Holli Benthusen | Reginal VP of Business Development | hbenthusen@fprehab.com
Functional Pathways is a national therapy solutions provider committed to exceeding clients ROI through improved relationships, outcomes, and innovation. Unlike investor-owned providers, we’re therapist owned, offering personalized, unparalleled service, training and clinical outcomes that exceed clients’ expectations. Our 97% customer retention can attest to the success of our collaborative partnerships.

Christy Hodges | Purchasing consultant VA, DC, MD, and WV | christys@hpsionline.com
With comprehensive purchasing programs, a suite of solutions and industry-leading services available, HPSI works to ensure each member is led down a path toward more efficient and effective operations. Members gain freedom to choose and customize purchases of quality products that drive the best value for their business. HPSI’s Purchasing Consultants are experts with years of experience in their respective fields, guiding members towards purchasing solutions that lead to cost-savings, efficiencies, value and operational effectiveness. As a knowledgeable extension of your team – providing continuation of services and support well after your initial enrollment – they take the time to form long-term relationships to help your business thrive.

Alisa Miller | President & CEO | amiller@kairoshealthsystems.com
Kairos specializes in insurance payer contract negotiations, data analytics, group purchasing, and consulting services tailored to the senior living industry. Our expertise spans clinical and financial assessments, governance, strategy, and leadership development. In addition to training, conferences, and networking events, we are an authorized partner for Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviors®, offering workshops that strengthen workplace communication and team effectiveness.

Diamond Elite Sponsors

Tommy Brewer | Managing Director | tbrewer@ziegler.com
Ziegler is a full-service specialty investment bank and broker-dealer. Specializing in the healthcare, senior living, education, and religion sectors, Ziegler provides its clients with capital raising, strategic advisory services, equity and fixed income sales and trading, wealth management, and research.

Platinum Elite Sponsors

Chadd Roadarmel | Senior Director – Business Development, Marketing and Procurement | Chadd.Roadarmel@AtlanticCE.com
Atlantic Culinary Environments, a family-owned company, is committed to transforming dining spaces with innovation, efficiency, and unmatched quality. Our designs are tailored to enhance the experience for residents and staff, fostering environments that promote community and well-being. We strive to support your mission by bringing our expertise to your communities that those they serve.

Leslie Henderson Shultz | President | leslie@hendersoninc.com
Henderson, Inc. is a Class A relationship-driven contractor with over six decades of experience. Their operations are centrally located in Williamsburg, VA with nearly 150 employees. They concentrate on general contracting, construction management, site and utility development, and design-build construction and have a strong passion for the senior care field. Henderson's experiences in the public, private, and federal markets fortifies their ability to perform in a variety of contract capacities and work to exceed their client’s expectations.

Tandem Senior Living Advisors
Hoppy Sell | President | hoppy@tandem78.com
Tandem Senior Living Advisors is a niche firm in senior living with over four decades of providing desired outcomes led by long-tenured advisors who are repeatedly trusted to get results in communities across the country. We deem partnership as critical to collaborative success and operate as specialized counterparts to our clients. By delivering comprehensive marketing plans, customized sales oversight, and sophisticated communication strategies, our team works in alignment with yours to surpass benchmarks and exceed expectations.

Holleran Consulting
Christine Walley | President | cwalley@holleranconsult.com
Holleran is a premier provider in Community Engagement Research and Consulting among all senior living stakeholders within an organization, as well as beyond the walls to their local communities. Research and consulting services include Resident and Employee Engagement and Satisfaction, Well-Being, DEI, and Custom Surveys, Organizational Engagement, Community Engagement, and Needs Assessments. Serving clients nationwide for nearly 30 years, Holleran's research is enhanced by proprietary national benchmarks, action planning facilitation and education.

Pamela Cossaboon | Regional Account Executive | pcossaboon@pruitthealth.com
PruittHealth Pharmacy is long term care pharmacy built exclusively around and for post-acute continuum of care. Fifty years of tried and true, community-centric solutions and advanced technology in their own 100+ communities/facilities have resulted in better patient outcomes, reduced costs, and increased staff efficiency. Life has enough hassles; getting the medications you need, when you need them…every time... should be simple. PruittHealth provides superior pharmacy services to thousands of people every day in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

Curtis Jennings | Principal | cjennings@sfcs.com
SFCS is a full-service architectural, engineering, and interior design firm. We are proud to be one of the leading firms in the country committed to designing for seniors and creating innovative solutions to elevate the human experience.

Gold Elite Sponsors

Ed Klik | Principal | ed.klik@bakertilly.com
We are a top ten advisory tax and assurance firm dedicated to customized business solutions that generate and sustain growth. We lead with purpose, and we walk with you every step along your journey.

Mario McKenzie | Partner | mario.mckenzie@CLAconnect.com
CLA is a professional services firm delivering integrated wealth advisory, outsourcing, and public accounting capabilities to help enhance our clients' enterprise value and assist them in growing and managing their related personal assets. Our professionals are immersed in the industries they serve and have deep knowledge of their operating and regulatory environments. With more than 5,000 people, more than 100 U.S. locations, and a global affiliation, CLA brings a wide array of solutions to help clients in all markets, foreign and domestic.

Rafael Haciski Esq. | CPA Partner | rhaciski@jkj.com
Johnson, Kendall & Johnson (JKJ) is an insurance brokerage and risk management firm dedicated to the management of business insurance and employee benefit programs. Over the last 40 years, JKJ has developed a niche in the Senior Living Industry, serving as the outsourced risk management and employee benefits department for over 200 communities spread across 20 states.

T.W Bruno | Partner | tbruno@mcguirewoods.comMcGuireWoods provides the full spectrum of legal services and business solutions for non-profit senior living communities throughout Virginia, including serving as bond and borrower's counsel on tax-exempt and taxable financings, assisting with corporate governance, real estate, 501(c)(3), tax, resident contract and state and federal regulatory issues unique to non-profit senior living providers. They are grateful for their relationship within the Virginia CCRC community and proud to be a LeadingAge Virginia Gold Elite Sponsor.

Dana Wollschlager | Partner & Practice Leader | Dana.Wollschlager@plantemoran.com
Plante Moran Living Forward is a trusted development advisor helping senior living organizations with construction project management and feasibility analysis for renovation, repositioning, or new development projects. Concept to Completion.

Margaret Yu | Director of Client Experience | myu@rlps.com
RLPS Architects is a planning, interior design, and architecture firm based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with a team of professionals that works with clients nationwide. Master planning, architecture, and interior design is what they do. Helping clients transform the lives of senior residents, students, faculty, staff members or guests is why it matters.

Mike Philhower | Vice President | mphilhower@scottins.com
Scott Insurance has helped companies embrace risk and achieve peak business performance for over 150 years. They anticipate their clients' unique risk challenges and devise smart and creative solutions to reduce risk, lower costs, and optimize performance. Corporate services include property and casualty, employee benefits, captives, and surety bonds.

Glenn Thompson | VP of Business Development | gthompson@wmjordan.com
W.M. Jordan Company is a full-service construction company providing construction management, preconstruction, design build, sustainability consulting and general contracting services. W.M. Jordan’s use of innovative cutting-edge technologies enables them to improve overall project visualization, increase collaboration and productivity, and reduce the need for change orders and repeat work.

Steve Davis | Vice President | sdavis@warfelc.com
Warfel Construction is a full-service construction company. We serve clients in a variety of industries across the Mid-Atlantic region. While projects vary in size and complexity, one thing remains the same: Warfel is a trustworthy partner with a commitment to excellence and straightforward values. We have Clients for Life not only because of the quality of the work we do, but because we do it with integrity.